Nike is “reorganizing its senior leadership team” as CEO ELLIOTT HILL “shakes up several top roles,” according to Bhasin & Meier of BLOOMBERG NEWS. Hill in a statement said that the company is “resetting its priorities and that management has decided to change its structure at the top of the organization.” Bhasin & Meier note President of Consumer, Product & Brand HEIDI O’NEILL will “retire as a result of the changes.” She will “work in an advisory capacity until September.” AMY MONTAGNE, formerly VP & GM of Nike’s women’s business, will “oversee the Nike brand” as president. Footwear exec PHIL MCCARTNEY will be the company’s chief innovation, design and product officer, while marketing exec NICOLE GRAHAM will “now lead those efforts across its brands Nike, Jordan and Converse” as CMO. Longtime Nike exec TOM CLARKE, who had been “serving as a strategic adviser to Hill,” was named chief growth initiatives officer. Hill has been “working to reorient Nike, which is coming off a turbulent year of layoffs and sales woes, in his early months as CEO.” The latest exec shifts come after “many similar moves, with Hill naming new leaders for strategy, sports marketing, human resources and legal departments” (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 5/5).
Nike CEO Elliott Hill continues shakeup of senior exec roles
